Online technology provider in scholarly publishing HighWire Press, a division of the Stanford University Libraries, has announced that HighWire-hosted journals account for 37 of the top 100 journals in Biology and Medicine, according to SLA's BioMedical & Life Sciences Division.
In conjunction with SLA's Centennial, the division conducted a poll to identify the 100 most influential journals of Biology & Medicine over the last 100 years. HighWire-hosted journals made up the single largest group among the 100 selected.
HighWire provides technology and customised online services to 140 publishing partners ranging from independent non-profit societies and associations, to university presses and large commercial publishers. With the recent release of HighWire's new content platform, H2O, publishers are able to embrace the many new innovations in web and other digital technologies.
More than 400 journals competed in 64 different scientific categories. SLA will reveal its top 10 journal picks, as well as the 'Journal of the Century,' during an awards ceremony in Washington, D.C., on June 16. The complete list of 100 most influential journals is available online at http://units.sla.org/division/dbio/publications/resources/dbio100.html.
